cangaceiro

== English == === Etymology === From Portuguese cangaceiro. === Noun === cangaceiro (plural cangaceiros) (now chiefly historical) A type of nomadic bandit in Northeast Brazil. == Portuguese == === Etymology === From cangaço +‎ -eiro. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ejɾu, -eɾu, (Portugal) -ɐjɾu Hyphenation: can‧ga‧cei‧ro === Noun === cangaceiro m (plural cangaceiros, feminine cangaceira, feminine plural cangaceiras) (Brazil, historical) a type of nomadic bandit in the Northeast Region of Brazil === References === === Further reading === “cangaceiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cangaceiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026